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Subject:	Re: Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:50:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote: > Don't get me wrong, government is critically important (like say, a decent > sewerage system), but its highest achievement is to be just a tool. My sewerage system is completely privately owned and works just fine. Chris

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		Re: Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
(...) Disagree, see below. (...) I'd agree with that. Properly construed, government is a tool to protect rights. Improperly constructed, government is a master that takes them away. (...) Two points. 1, Perhaps there's a bit of cause and effect (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
(...) Who makes sure of that; you or the government? Who tests WWTW discharges; you or the government? I assume your local sewerage operator runs a monopoly? Scott A (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
(...) That's wonderful. The point (in case I was not abundantly clear) is not that governments should run sewerage systems, but that governments are important, like sewerage systems are important. Richard Still baldly going... (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
(...) An interesting idea - a distinction that had never really occurred to me before. To me the government is just an expression Australian-ness, not at all unlike an Australian company is another expression, as are our (non-governmental) sporting (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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